VRU 2012
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Darby Loudon (17)
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Trevor Allan (34)
Same with the referees one. Where is yours? We are at the metropolitan.
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Darby Loudon (17)
Pacific Nation Cup was held on the weekend at Box Hill, great day out and such a terrific initiative by Al Latu. This was the 5th year it had been played and Melbourne Kiwis took out the main cup over the Aussies. Tonga beat Fiji for the Bowl and I think Samoa beat Cook Islands for the plate.
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Geoff Shaw (53)
There just aren't that many Cook Islanders around, good on them for getting a team together each year though.
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Darby Loudon (17)
They won it last year...not sure how many Cookies were in there but fair play to them!
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Geoff Shaw (53)
Absolutely, no issue here. The tournament is all a bit of fun but to put it into perspective there's only 20,000 of them in the Cook Islands so you'd imagine there wouldn't be more than a handful of them in Victoria who are good rugby players.
Which makes the fact they're playing in the rugby league World Cup next year simultaneously impressive and confusing.
pablo
Darby Loudon (17)
I think the rule in rugby league is that if you can point to a country on a map then you are allowed to play for that country.
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Darby Loudon (17)
Agree, good day out, good fun tournament and lots of community spirit. Pretty impressive watching the 6 teams unite arm in arm for the minute's silence during the welcoming address.
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Geoff Shaw (53)
Aha, classic. Still, I'd love to see rugby's qualification rules relaxed wee bit.
For example, how awesome would it be to see Rodney So'oialo suiting up for Samoa alongside his brother? It's not like he's ever playing for the ABs again and that's just one example of many.
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Trevor Allan (34)
There were quite a few Tongans in the team, plus one or two Kiwis.
Pacific Cup is always a great day out.
pablo
Darby Loudon (17)
Nothing yet, imagine it'll be pretty quiet for a while, season is barely done and there might be some junior rep rugby still to come - 16s only just finished and I"m not sure if that is the last tournament.
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Geoff Shaw (53)
I think it's all done mate.
I'd imagine from here it would go season review then break then looking forward to the new season a bit later. We won't know anything for a while, nobody wants a club kicking up a stink for a full 6 months before the season if they're unhappy with the Div they're in.
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Darby Loudon (17)
True that! Draft draws are usually out before xmas but if there is going to be significant change I can;t see us plebs getting any info for a while yet.
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John Solomon (38)
Melbourne Fiji 7s at Box Hill tomorrow. Draw/schedule: https://assets.imgstg.com/assets/console/document/documents/Tournament draws.pdf
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John Solomon (38)
Started a VSRU thread in the Schoolboys forum: http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/community/threads/vsru-2013.11956/
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Geoff Shaw (53)
Should we start a VRU 2013 thread too? Personally I think we're a small crowd and we don't really need a dedicates schools/club thread.
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